Planning appeal decision
Withy Bank, Old Coach Road, Barnhill, Broxton, Chester, CH3 9JL
Planning appeal 3305387 at Withy Bank, Old Coach Road, Barnhill, Broxton, Chester, CH3 9JL (Cheshire West and Chester) was allowed on 6 January 2023 by Inspector Ellison H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development falls within the terms of the permitted development rights under Article 3(1), Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), with specific regard to the extent of physical works proposed.
the conversion of agricultural building into dwellinghouse with associated parking and amenity space
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Ellison H
- Postcode
- CH3 9JL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development falls within the terms of the permitted development rights under Article 3(1), Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), with specific regard to the extent of physical works proposed
- If so, whether prior approval should be granted in respect of the design and external appearance of the building
What decided it
The structural report demonstrating that the existing building fabric was capable of conversion and that the proposed works, though extensive, would not constitute a fresh build but rather a permissible conversion within Class Q of the GPDO.
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